Hindu Population Growth in Bangladesh: A Demographic Puzzle
The Hindu population in Bangladesh declined from 22% to 9% from 1951-2011. This paper analyses longitudinal data from the Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System for 1989-2016 to quantify the role of fertility, mortality, and international migration in explaining differential growth rates...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2019
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Journal of religion and demography
Year: 2019, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 123-148 |
| Further subjects: | B
Bangladesh
B Fertility B Migration B Mortality B demographic surveillance B Hindus B Muslim |
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| Summary: | The Hindu population in Bangladesh declined from 22% to 9% from 1951-2011. This paper analyses longitudinal data from the Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System for 1989-2016 to quantify the role of fertility, mortality, and international migration in explaining differential growth rates between Muslims and Hindus. The Hindu population has been growing at a slower rate than adherents of other religions, resulting in a decline in their relative share in the national population. Hindus have lower fertility, higher mortality and higher international out-migration rates than Muslims. According to this analysis, between 1989 and 2016, 54% of lower Hindu growth may be attributable to international out-migration; 41% is attributable to lower fertility, and 5% is attributable to higher mortality. The contribution of migration has declined over time and in last 20 years, lower fertility of Hindus was the primary contributing factor (over 70%) to their declining share of the country’s population. |
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| ISSN: | 2589-742X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and demography
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/2589742X-00601003 |